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Chapter 02 History Of Information Technology, Shambhavi Roy, Clinton Daniel, Manish Agrawal
Chapter 02 History Of Information Technology, Shambhavi Roy, Clinton Daniel, Manish Agrawal
FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Textbook – English
How do you spend your free time? How do you communicate with friends? How do you complete schoolwork? How do you find information you need? How do you buy things you like? What are some of your most prized possessions? What do some of the business celebrities you admire do? On completing school, what are some of the popular high paying jobs in your town that you might be interested in doing? In the first half of the 21st century, Digital Information Technologies (DIT), or Information Technologies (IT) for short, are likely to be part of the answer for all …
Emergence And Development Of A Dialogic Whole-Class Discussion Genre, Michael B. Sherry
Emergence And Development Of A Dialogic Whole-Class Discussion Genre, Michael B. Sherry
Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications
Prior research across disciplines has established the value of dialogic, whole-class discussions. Previous studies have often defined discussions in opposition to the notorious triadic pattern called recitation, or IRE/F, focusing on variations to the teacher’s initiating question or evaluative follow-up on students’ responses. Recent scholarship has also identified variations on recitations and dialogic discussions that suggest these categories might be flexible, containing types of interaction associated with particular contexts. However, research remains to be done on how such types, or genres, of dialogic, whole-class discussion emerge and develop over time. In this article, I take up this line of inquiry, …
Pos 2041 American Government, Eric Hodges
Pos 2041 American Government, Eric Hodges
Service-Learning Syllabi
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Pos 3931 U.S. Veterans’ Reintegration & Resilience, Eric Hodges
Pos 3931 U.S. Veterans’ Reintegration & Resilience, Eric Hodges
Service-Learning Syllabi
No abstract provided.
Ben Griffin Oral History Interview, Ben Griffin
Ben Griffin Oral History Interview, Ben Griffin
Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project
This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Ben Griffin, a teacher and school administrator, in which he describes the conditions in segregated schools and discusses the events leading to integration, recounting some of the problems faced.
G. V. Stewart Oral History Interview, Garland V. Stewart
G. V. Stewart Oral History Interview, Garland V. Stewart
Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project
G.V. Stewart, teacher and school principal, discusses the educational system and African Americans. He also describes his career in the schools and as a reporter.
Bette And Will White Oral History Interview With Spencer Fleury And Todd Chavez, July 25, 2007, Elizabeth L. White (Interviewee), William B. White (Interviewee), Spencer Fleury (Interviewer), Todd Chavez (Interviewer)
Bette And Will White Oral History Interview With Spencer Fleury And Todd Chavez, July 25, 2007, Elizabeth L. White (Interviewee), William B. White (Interviewee), Spencer Fleury (Interviewer), Todd Chavez (Interviewer)
Environmental Sustainability Oral Histories
The Drs. White take turns discussing how they became interested in karst science. They reflect on the days when public opinion marginalized karst science and offer what they perceive as the historical factors which have allowed it to become established as a stand-alone scientific discipline. They then discuss students who have worked with them on various karst projects. Dr. Will White tells the story of the haunted telephone from Crystal Cave in Kentucky. The interviewees then discuss the relationship between professional karst scientists and the amateur, recreational caving community. They also discuss the future of karst science specifically with relation …
Avoiding Versus Seeking: The Relationship Of Information Seeking To Avoidance, Blunting, Coping, Dissonance, And Related Concepts, Donald O. Case, James E. Andrews, J. David Johnson, Suzanne L. Allard
Avoiding Versus Seeking: The Relationship Of Information Seeking To Avoidance, Blunting, Coping, Dissonance, And Related Concepts, Donald O. Case, James E. Andrews, J. David Johnson, Suzanne L. Allard
School of Information Faculty Publications
QUESTION: How have theorists and empirical researchers treated the human tendency to avoid discomforting information?
DATA SOURCES: A historical review (1890-2004) of theory literature in communication and information studies, coupled with searches of recent studies on uptake of genetic testing and on coping strategies of cancer patients, was performed.
STUDY SELECTION: The authors' review of the recent literature included searches of the MEDLINE, PsychInfo, and CINAHL databases between 1992 and summer of 2004 and selective, manual searches of earlier literature. Search strategies included the following subject headings and key words: MeSH headings: Genetic Screening/psychology, Decision Making, Neoplasms/diagnosis/genetics/psychology; CINAHL headings: Genetic …